Bill Cowden
Basketball Player
1920 – 2007
Who was Bill Cowden?
William "Bill" Cowden was an American basketball player.
A 6 ft 3 in guard from Lowell High School in San Francisco, California, Cowden played collegiately for Stanford University with his Lowell teammate, Don Burness. In 1942, Cowden was team captain and led Stanford to the 1942 NCAA Championship, in which he played all 40 minutes and scored 5 points.
After his basketball career, Cowden worked for Pan Am and served as director of their Southeast Asia office. He and his wife Beverly had three sons. He is a member of the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame. He died in San Francisco in 2007.
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- Born
- Sep 6, 1920
San Francisco - Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Lowell High School
- Lived in
- San Francisco
- Died
- Oct 17, 2007
San Francisco
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on July 23, 2013
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